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The Oliver Springs Lady Bobcats finished 1-2 in the Farragut Thanksgiving Tournament last week, losing to Greenback 41-37 and William Blount 51-34 and beating South-Doyle 50-41.
Greenback 41, Oliver Springs 37: Greenback led 9-8 after the first quarter, sparked by Megan Lemons' 3-point basket. Alivia Baker had five points for the Lady 'Cats, while Mari-Claire Crass was 3-of-4 from free-throw line.

The Midway Middle School basketball teams returned to the court Monday by splitting a pair of games at Wartburg and returned home Tuesday to sweep Rockwood Middle School.
Midway at Wartburg
Midway 41, Wartburg 27: Blain Townsend scored 22 points to lead the Green Wave over the Bulldogs. Townsend scored nine of 22 points in the first quarter, helping Midway build a 13-11 advantage.
Townsend had five points in the second quarter, as Midway outscored Wartburg 11-4 for a 24-15 lead at the break.

The Harriman basketball teams split a pair of region games at Oakdale Tuesday evening in Oakdale, as the Lady Eagles defeated the Lady Devils 50-32, while the Blue Devils edged the Eagles 58-56 on Hayden Bingham's buzzer beater.
Oakdale 50, Harriman 32: Harriman (1-1) did a great job in the first half, as they battled with the evenly-matched Lady Eagles (1-2), trailing by one point at the half (21-20); however, the deficit grew in the second, as the Lady Eagles outscored Harriman 29-12 for the victory.

“A prospect comes in and looks at a site and they’re thinking how long is it going to take me from the time we purchase this site till the time we can be in production,” said Wade Creswell, president and CEO of The Roane Alliance.

“The longer the amount of time, the less likely they are to come.”

Creswell said that’s why he can’t wait for the dirt work to start at the 40-acre Jones Road site in the Roane Regional Business and Technology Park.

The regular seasons for college football teams are over, and it is now for the second season — the bowl season and playoffs.
The SEC regular season ended with a big thud Saturday as some conference schools lost to their rivals,
The loudest thud came from Nashville last Saturday, as the Vanderbilt Commodores used a second-hall rally to defeat the Tennessee Vols, 45-34, making the 'Dores bowl eligible and ending the Vols' hopes for a berth in the Sugar Bowl.